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#8AEFEA

#8aefea ≈ Electric Blue

  • cyan
  • Lightness: high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#8aefea is a color from the cyan family, with high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 54.12% red, 93.73% green and 91.76% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 42.26% cyan, 0% magenta, 2.09% yellow and 6.27% black. Its hue angle is 177.03°, with 75.94% saturation and 73.92% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with freshness, technology and clarity. Designers typically use it for health and wellness, technology products and brand accents. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 15.62:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Electric Blue (#7df9ff), ΔE 4.5.

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Web safe#99ffff
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Relative luminance0.7308

Complementary

  1. #8aefea
  2. #ef8a8f

Split complementary

  1. #8aefea
  2. #ef8ac1
  3. #efb78a

Analogous

  1. #8aefb7
  2. #8aefea
  3. #8ac1ef

Triadic

  1. #8aefea
  2. #ea8aef
  3. #efea8a

Tetradic

  1. #8aefea
  2. #8a8fef
  3. #ef8a8f
  4. #efea8a

Square

  1. #8aefea
  2. #b78aef
  3. #ef8a8f
  4. #c1ef8a

Monochromatic

  1. #1bc5bd
  2. #47e6de
  3. #8aefea
  4. #cdf8f6
  5. #edfdfc

Shades

#8aefea mixed progressively with black.

  1. #8aefea
  2. #7cd7d3
  3. #6ebfbb
  4. #61a7a4
  5. #538f8c
  6. #457875
  7. #37605e
  8. #294846
  9. #1c302f
  10. #0e1817
  11. #000000

Tints

#8aefea mixed progressively with white.

  1. #8aefea
  2. #96f1ec
  3. #a1f2ee
  4. #adf4f0
  5. #b9f5f2
  6. #c5f7f5
  7. #d0f9f7
  8. #dcfaf9
  9. #e8fcfb
  10. #f3fdfd
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#8aefea mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #8aefea
  2. #89e4df
  3. #88d9d5
  4. #87ceca
  5. #86c3c0
  6. #85b8b5
  7. #84acaa
  8. #83a1a0
  9. #829695
  10. #818b8b
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.34:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 15.62:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #dedede ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c2e5e3 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #e4e6ea ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #d3d9eb ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5bf4ed ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #c7eaea ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #bae2eb ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #71f2ec ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-8aefea {
  color: #8aefea;
}
Background
.bg-8aefea {
  background-color: #8aefea;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-8aefea {
  border: 2px solid #8aefea;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #8aefea;
  --color-primary-rgb: 138 239 234;
  --color-primary-hsl: 177 76% 74%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-8aefea {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #8aefea, #8ac1ef);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-8aefea {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(138 239 234 / 0.35);
}

#7df9ff Electric Blue ΔE 4.50 #b2ffff Celeste ΔE 5.56 #afeeee Pale Turquoise ΔE 5.65 #08e8de Bright Turquoise ΔE 6.94 #00ffff Aqua ΔE 7.00 #00ffff Cyan ΔE 7.00 #40e0d0 Turquoise ΔE 7.41 #751015 Inverted #dedede Grayscale 

Electric Blue
#8aefea  rgb(138, 239, 234)  hsl(177, 76%, 74%)  Electric Blue
#ef8a8f  rgb(239, 138, 143)  hsl(357, 76%, 74%)  Light Coral
#ea8aef  rgb(234, 138, 239)  hsl(297, 76%, 74%)  Violet
#efea8a  rgb(239, 234, 138)  hsl(57, 76%, 74%)  Khaki